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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and we have not a hope in hell of achieving that if we do not allow some of that land to be designated as fit for planting. We are not making more land. Someone needs to call this. What is Coillte's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there not an onus on Coillte given that it is steering the forestry sector for the State? As the witnesses have already admitted, for the past two years the acreage of forestry has not been increased, or if it has, the increase has been small. We are talking about climate change. Either because the Government did not give Coillte grants or for whatever other reason, Coillte did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Obviously, Coillte's main priority is to make sure it has enough timber for mills to keep them going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Coillte sowed lodgepole pine on top of bogs, which was a waste of time. Others did the same. I am not just focusing on Coillte. Is the Department still insisting on a planting obligation in that regard? How much of the LIFE programme funding from Europe has Coillte received?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not saying Ms Hurley did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is that with the National Parks and Wildlife Service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Coillte get the money from the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could the witnesses come back to the sequestration figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Ms Hurley talked about the tonnage, so I thought she would be able to tell me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could someone come back to the committee on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That Coillte paid out to the-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 14 November 2019, the allowances (details supplied) outside of accommodation received by the 1,693 applicants who indicated they have commenced employment or self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48702/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new grading machines used as part of the recent trial at a company (details supplied) in operation across other European countries and the length of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48324/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome those in attendance from County Roscommon. I will get to the nuts and bolts of the matter rather than rehashing questions already asked. My understanding is that the hotel model is in its infancy, that it will be a ten-year model, and that the idea is to put the two models in parallel. A six-year extension was sought with the Divine Word missionaries and they were willing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If the IWA were to finish at the end of the month, under the current lease, it would be obliged to pay for seven years of heating, at €40,000 per year. For general upkeep, therefore, it would probably cost approximately €300,000. Is that fair to say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The IWA would be obliged to hold the lease.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The lease is until 2026. Is that correct?